Type-plate and drawer for addressing-machines.



i R. N.- ROGERS. T YPE PLATE AND DRAWER I'OR ADDRBSSING MACHINES.

APPLIUATIOH TILE!) JUNE 4,1907.

Patented Dec. 8,1908.l

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lt ['SSELL XAROtllt, Ul" {MILL-itil), ILLlNOIS, AbtlGXUR Tt) ROGERS ADDRESS-lli COIMNY, Ol" tfllltAGt), Il.l.l.\`Ol.\`, CORPORATION Ol" ILLINOIS.

TYPE-PLATE AND nizw/'ER Fon ennaessrnomnomnns.

Application filed June 4.

To all t/fho'm` it may concern:

vBe it known thut l, llt'sslcxn. )1. Rooms, :1 citizen ofthe l`nited States, and u resident of Chicago. took county, Illinois, have invented certain new und useful improve ine-nts in fl`ype-llutes und Drawers for Addressing-Marhines, or' which the following is :t f ull, clear. und emot description, such ns will enable others skiiled 1n the nrt to which it nppertninstonmke und use the suine. K My invention relates to improvements 1n addressing machines and has particular rei`- erence to improvements in type-plates .und plate drawers for such nuichines.

The object of my invention is to i'uiprore the forni mideonstruction' ot' addressing ninchine type plates, und coincidently, the forni i and construction of plete drawers.

'My inventionv consists in a drawer having upright sides and suitnble'ends, undpreterably formed ofsheet. metal; to receive type- 'plates which have ears or Vlugs whereby they are suspended from-the sldes oi' said drawer. i

My invention also consists in un improved type-plate, comprising a sheet ot metal ot' l requisite size, having lugs on its ends, said lugs being preferably-in the torni of de- E pending arms or hooks, and said plate bein provided with suit-able'ribs or flanges to hol it` out of Contact with a like plate when stacked therewith.

My invention also consists in various de I .drawings forming u part of this specifica'- tion, and in which I Figure 1 is :i side elevation ot' my novel drawer, containing eplurality of the novel type-plates referred to. Fig. 2 is a face View of'pone of said plates; Fig. @is a rear vend elewfntion of thedrawer, showing a plate,

therein; Big. 4 is a lower edge View of the plate; Fig. .5 is a face View of'u plate of modified construction; Fig. 6 is n lower edge View thereof; and Fig. 7 1s the sume as Fig. 6, but enlarged.

In the drawings A represents the drawer;

This is referab y formed of nl single sheet 'of meta and has straight upper edges, B, which are arallelwith the bottom of the drawer. T @drawer is o..less' height for Specification' of 4Lettere Patent.

depth thun the type-plntes. ,its ends are piefernbly rinsed by wooden blocks, C und l). "ihe pluies. when heilig; placed in the drawer. hy the operution 'oi' the uddresiinu inuehine, full into the yi'orwurd end thereot .und their lower edges.frequently strike the :drawerend. Q 'lo protect this :ind to denden the noise of the full. ntf the pistes, l employ n liningxi", which is instened 'to 'i the end C. und the lower end., C", oi which extends hau'k u .short distaince uponthe bottom oi' the drnwer. a rthe plates. l). shown in the drawer, nre identical in construction. und :i description of one will serve for ull. Each plate, F 1 comprises unietnl sheet, l, to the bueh oli which arenttaehed parallel ribs, or flanges, :2. :2. These ribs, is best shown in l., and si, muy be formed by crimping or I .Xt'ter being shaped in this manner the plates ure tlnned undthus-the cracks or seems nt lines. 2. nre elosed und the plete is mode i rigid. The upper edge 3, of' the plete, is

i longer than the lower edge, 2, the letter i being reduced by the formation of the hooklike ears or lugs. Ll, on the ends of the late. The openings, inthese enrs fit the siees of 1 the drawer, und the ears rest upon the upper l, edges thereofnlnldsupport' the plate in an i inclined position, asY shown in Figs. i und 3. It will be obvious that when ev plate is positioned in the drawer, with its lower ed twisted or displaced for the reason that the i hooks or depending parte of the ears enguge the outer sides of the drawer. No 'toliower is required in my drawer for the reason that the plates are supported by the edges ot' thedrower; in other words, theplntes :ire self-supporting as for as'eoncernstheir maintenance in upright, inclined positions in the, drawer. The lower corners of the plate are rounded to .more easil enter the drawer. Theupper edge of t: e plate -is provided with aturned over flange 6, which the name card,8, the latter being thus pre sented at the upper edge of the plate where it may lbe readily seen when theplotes are folding the platov upon intermediate lines 2.

resting on the bottom thereof, it cannot coperates with Aai strucloup lug, "I, to hold A,

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zf-.ereo'tl in lien o the meets., 9, l eenietimee use e plurality ot Smell sheet metal eliennels, l1, arran ed side by'eide on tbeoit-ite, and vsoldere or otherwise secured These channels, readily receive rubblock type, 12, es siiown in Figs. 5, 6

3 Various modifcations of my invention 'iii reedilysugge'st themselves: te one skilled 'theel-t, l. do not eonne the same to the feefsfe structures herein shown. i l

. ing time deeeribed my invention, I is new and desire lo secure by Letters iai . n improved type plate for 'addressr ities cbm rising a. body or type mf portion, niving' upon, and prororn, its ends, depending hooks,

to engage the upper edges and theV ees of the side :i type drawer, lijf es deecri? @improved pitite for address# es bomprising o, substantially ree- .y portion plate proper Abezir- :me side and hooked eers upon eitidrbody portion at the upper sz-5.,. and substantially parallel with y eeeoee the ends of the ners provided with depending hook like ears, substantially as described. v 4. An improved type-plate'havin ribson its back, hook-like ears on its en sland n plurality of parallel channels on its face.y

substantially es described.

5. Anirnproved type-plete having ribsvon its back and provided with hool-lxke ears von its ends, said plate bearing ty e and a name card on its face, substantial y as des.,

scribed.

ln "testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my hand, this/25th day oi May, 1907, in the Mesem-elet' two subscribing,r witnesses.

RUSSELL ROGERS.

ll'itnesses:

M; Sinon,

G. lll". NELSON.

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